Georgia State University

The Best News Graphic Designer Award at the Southeast Journalism Conference goes to a student who has been judged as having the best computer-generated artwork of a news or feature nature.

The College Journalist of the Year award at the Southeast Journalism Conference (SEJC) goes to the first-place winner of the conference's individual "Best of the South" student journalism competition, awarded in Feb. 2017.

Amadou Bah of Lithonia was selected to attend the national Mathematicians of Color Alliance Solve-A-Thon at Iowa State University.

Four Georgia State Law students, Sean Robinson (J.D. '18), Cameron Mobley (J.D. '18), Andrew Navratil (J.D. '18), and Annie Yasin (J.D. '18) advanced to the octofinal round in the Buffalo Niagara Mock Trial Competition on Nov. 12-13 in Buffalo, New York.

The Entrepreneurship & Innovation Institute (ENI) features graduate and undergraduate students who are poised to make waves in a range of disciplines and industries. Their unlimited potential was on full display at the Personal Elevator Pitch Competition recently hosted by Clayton State University's College of Business. Participants were tasked with putting together a 90-second elevator pitch to communicate their value to potential employers. Three ENI students finished in the top four.

More than 30 Georgia State graduate students competed in the Mathematical Risk Management Graduate Students Association's (MRM GSA) inaugural Mini Case Competition in partnership with Assurant Risk Solutions.

Students of the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University took third place in the 2016 National Black MBA Association Graduate Case Competition in New Orleans.

Robinson's Center for Health Information Technology held its first Healthcare IT Slam this fall, a two-week "hackathon" in which eight university teams worked with industry mentors to tackle industry challenges.

The uVenture Social Challenge invited students from across Georgia State to learn how to build a business model and inspire social change within their community.

Jennifer Boudreau, Yi-Hsuan "Lisa" Su and Marilia "Mia" Dantas of the Master of Science in Analytics program brought home the gold from the University of Tennessee's VolHacks competition - a 36-hour, caffeine-fueled hackathon in which they brainstormed, built, tested and deployed their student-driven innovation with the help of professional mentors.

Flexible MBA students Kaydee Wilson, Terry Coniglio, Bruce Choi and Megan Jentz won the Mercedes-Benz eMobility Case Competition focused on the luxury automaker's future electric car offerings.

A team of four classmates in a course offered through the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Institute (ENI) made it to the top five in the Atlanta Startup Battle, a quarterly competition held at TechSquare Labs. Undergraduates Ahmed Reshit, Luis Ferrer-Labarca, Sara Yeh and Alex Blanco-Pence pitched uPet, a pet rental service aimed at encouraging people to adopt instead of shop for a furry friend.

Georgia State University College of Law Student Trial Lawyers Association team of Ryan Brown (J.D. '17), Lacey Wheeler (J.D. '17), Robert Noens (J.D. '18) and Hunter Rogers (J.D. '18) won the William Daniel Mock Trial Competition held Nov. 19-20 at the Fulton County courthouse. Alison Burleson (J.D. '00) and Alex Galvan (J.D. '14) coached the group. Every summer, the William W. Daniel National Invitational Mock Trial Committee sends hundreds of applications to ABA accredited law schools. Only 18 schools are invited to compete in this well-known competition named in honor of the late Judge William W. Daniel of the Superior Court of Fulton County.

Three of the finalists for this year's LawMeet Competition are law students at Georgia State University College of Law. The team won "Best Draft" during the national competition. Twenty-four teams competed in regional rounds. This year's IP LawMeet involves the drafting and negotiation of a software development, and license & hosting agreement between an education technology company and a company that provides training solutions for home health aides.

The Georgia State Student Trial Lawyers Association gives our students an opportunity to gain experience in a courtroom setting through participation in national competitions. The program focuses on criminal and civil trial practice skills and enables members to apply the knowledge they gain in their evidence and litigation courses.

A team composed of three students in the Master of Professional Accountancy program at Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business has won the 2015 Internal Audit Case Competition sponsored by the Atlanta chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA).

At the 2015 annual Health IT Leadership Summit held in Atlanta, GA, a team of Computer Information Systems students from Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business won the "University Innovation Award and HIT Hack Challenge."

Seventeen Georgia State University students entered the Panther Pit to try and deliver the best "elevator" pitch at a contest held on Friday, October 30 by the Herman J. Russell, Sr. International Center for Entrepreneurship at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business. The event was held in Centennial Hall.

At the 2015 annual Health IT Leadership Summit held in Atlanta, GA, a team of Computer Information Systems students from Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business won the "University Innovation Award and HIT Hack Challenge."

A team of four undergraduates representing Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business advanced to the semifinal round at the National Diversity Case Competition held recently at Indiana University.

The 2015-2016 members of the Georgia State University Student Trial Lawyers Association (STLA) have been selected. STLA gives students an opportunity to gain experience in a courtroom setting through participation in national competitions. To participate in STLA students must try out each year.

A team of MBA students representing Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business today won the National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) Case Competition in Orlando, Fla. This is the second consecutive year that Robinson's team has won the competition, which comes with a $25,000 scholarship.

The Moot Court Board of Georgia State University College of Law is a student organization of award-winning advocates. The program has achieved substantial renown and success during its history.

Berkley Baker, Executive MBA student at the Robinson College of Business, has won $20,000 at the college's Business Plan Competition to further his business in medical technology innovations. The second-place winner was Justin McLeod, a senior majoring in marketing, who garnered $10,000 for his Event Tent app, focused on event promotion and planning, joined by fellow students junior graphic design major Christopher Davis and senior computer science major Duvall Smith. Other finalists included The Atlanta Beltline Hostel Inc., and Goza Tequila LLC.

Georgia State University College of Law students captured the top positions at the Intrastate Moot Court Competition on March 27-28.

The staff of Georgia State University’s student newspaper, The Signal, took home a total of 15 awards at the Georgia College Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest Feb. 7 in Athens, Ga., recognizing excellence among student newspapers at Georgia colleges and universities. The Signal competed in Division A against some of the largest college newspapers in Georgia.

A team of four students in the Flexible and Professional MBA programs at Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business today won the National Black MBA Association Case Competition sponsored by Chrysler Group LLC at the group's annual meeting, held this year in Atlanta.